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Awarding the future

Q&A > Art & Photography

The ANNA Award announced Lerato Nkosi as their inaugural prizewinner on 10 August 2022

23 Aug 22
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Hollywood calling

Q&A > Film & Animation

This Design Indaba Emerging Creative for 2022 is a content creator and fitness influencer with a penchant for filmmaking

16 Aug 22
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Community living

Design News > Urban & Landscape Design

Mumbai-based architectural and design firm Community Design Agency is working together with community members to revitalise the Sanjaynagar slum

16 Aug 22
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Star quality

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

Siviwe Jali, one of the Design Indaba Emerging Creative mentees from 2014, recently won the Best New Talent award at Decorex Cape Town 2022

16 Aug 22
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Mr Sandman

Design News > Product Design

Recent graduate Archie Read designed an off-grid, ‘flushable’ toilet that aims to provide a dignified solution to unsafe sanitary conditions

16 Aug 22
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Invented reality

Design News > Product Design

Design Indaba alumnus Nicolás Kisic Aguirre’s latest project turns linguistic disobedience into an immersive experience

10 Aug 22
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En vogue

Q&A > Fashion & Jewellery Design

Design Indaba Emerging Creative Tshepiso Lekganyane has found her passion at the intersection of fashion and art

10 Aug 22
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Alter ego

Q&A > Art & Photography

Thandiwe Msebenzi’s Radical Makazi Instagram series will be exhibited at Blank Spaces in Woodstock, Cape Town

10 Aug 22
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Metamorphosis

Design News > Art & Photography

Design Indaba alumnus Shaakira Jassat created a collection of trick glasses inspired by social distancing and caterpillars for the Nationaal Glasmuseum

10 Aug 22
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A march through time

Design News > Graphic Design & Illustration

London design studio and Design Indaba alumnus NB Studio created stamps celebrating 50 years since the first Pride march in London

1 Aug 22
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Rhythm and hues

Design News > Graphic Design & Illustration

Tobias Bolliger of Studio Bollo turns typefaces into distorted patterns that resemble rhythmic beats

1 Aug 22
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Building sustainability

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

Coburg University Master’s students designed a tiny house made entirely of renewable materials that adopts cradle-to-cradle principles

1 Aug 22
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Master of arts

Q&A > Graphic Design & Illustration

Design Indaba Emerging Creative for 2022 Sizani Baloyi already has impressive industry notches in his belt

1 Aug 22
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Creative powerhouse

Q&A > Graphic Design & Illustration

Lauren Gericke thrives on creative problem-solving and efficient design

26 Jul 22
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All things shiny

Q&A > Art & Photography

Award-winning designer and director Nelly Ben Hayoun’s recent installations bring the wonders of science to visitors

26 Jul 22
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Rock of ages

Design News > Art & Photography

Michel Rojkind presents his immersive piece "Yoltic Seat" at Lisbon museum

26 Jul 22
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Hope floats

Design News > Design Activism

A floating wire sculpture in Prague is an ode to Ukrainian mothers

26 Jul 22
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Mother of mankind

Design News > Fashion & Jewellery Design

MaXhosa Africa presents a new collection inspired by the late rapper and ‘muse’ Riky Rick

18 Jul 22
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Jewel In The Crown

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

Heatherwick Studio unveils a unique kinetic greenhouse in West Sussex

18 Jul 22
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Style and substance

Q&A > Fashion & Jewellery Design

Styling and production are a form of communication for Katlego Magano

18 Jul 22
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Portraits in plastic

Design News > Art & Photography

Established artist Mbongeni Buthelezi has exhibited widely in South Africa and abroad

10 Jul 22
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Weathering the storms

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

Bangladeshi architect and recent Soane Medal recipient Marina Tabassum’s modular houses are built to survive monsoon season

10 Jul 22
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Life through the lens

Design News > Art & Photography

A Russian photographer is awarded for documenting the social transformation of the traditional ‘reindeer people’

10 Jul 22
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All the feels

Q&A > Fashion & Jewellery Design

Fernado’s high-end fashion brand taps into the emotional connection we have to fashion items

10 Jul 22

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Objets d’art

Design News • 3 Jan 23

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In the zone

Design News • 3 Jan 23

Dyson tackles both air and noise pollution with a sci-fi-esque set of headphones. >
Blossoming creativity

Design News • 3 Jan 23

The first contemporary florilegium in Africa is reviving botanical art with the aim of furthering conservation. >
Building blocks

Design News • 3 Jan 23

The latest project of international architecture company Office for Metropolitan Architecture employs stacked structures to make best use of limited space. >

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